Screaming In The Applebee's: On Negativity Towards Indie Games
Let's analyze some negative comments towards my game's announcement trailer!
Announcing Angeline Era, my upcoming fast-paced, 3D Action RPG
Coming 2024!
Anodyne 2 Switch/PS4/5 Physicals & T-Shirt!
Hi everyone! Melos from Analgesic here - some good news for Anodyne 2 fans! The Physical Edition for Switch, PS4/5 is available to pre-order at Limited Run...
Developing an Action Game's Moveset
Devlog [006] for our upcoming Action Game.
Exploring Japan's Site of Reversible Destiny: A Real-life 3D Game Level
IntroIn 1995, the game industry had made plenty of headway into 3D game design. Exact & Ultra released PS1 platformer Jumping Flash in April, Nintendo...
Devlog: Game 5 [005] Combat System (1) - Poise and Clarity
In my Devlog series, I discuss development of my ongoing game projects.It turns out there's a lot to think about in making a 3D combat game - additionally so...
Essay: Japanese Costco: A Device For Crossing Spacetime
Subscribe nowHow would someone make a device with the ability to transcend space and time? One that could close the distance between countries, and transfer...
Essay: Crafting (Ludo)ancestry
ContextThis is the transcript of my Keynote Speech at University of British Columbia's Games In Action conference. I gave it on Nov. 4th 2022. Our keynote...
Translation: Sakura Momoko's Uki-uki Carnival Developer Interview
An interview I translated from Japanese, with the developers of a unique GBA game about organizing a carnival.
Short Story: The Museum of Anodyne
In the near-future, a Professor of indie games visits a immersive museum in Vernon Hills dedicated to the game, "Anodyne". He later receives a letter from a certain "Melos Han-Tani".
Short Story: FAQ v. 0.99 / City Animals
An FAQ for a 3D, Suburban Souls-like, and a story of a person searching for their roommate in a futuristic, towering version of the midwestern suburb "Vernon Hills"
Short Story: Aloesian Mode
A short sf/fantasy/surreal story, set in the far far future, about making music when humanity has forgotten how to make it.
Short Story: In An Overlooked Wood, Where Games By My Grandpa Sleep (A Short Story)
Today's FlavorCrisp, autumn day at sunset. The scent of a familiar car interior. An unearthed box of forgotten keepsakes, ancient dust.The taste of... a...
Top 10 brilliant gacha game brain-genius mechanic innovations of the year
As the younger generations laugh at the older generations for being unable to "Twitter", "TikTok", or "Group Chat", the older generations whittling away days...
American Roads and American Games: Why I Hated Hiking
Originally posted 2021/09/03 on my ZoneletsSubscribe now(This essay is about how Hiking in Japan, Hiking in the USA, the USA's car dependency and roads, the...
Parasocial Nintendo Complex: 10 Years of Game Dev
Originally posted on my Zonelets on 2021/06/22Subscribe for free!Subscribe nowA Decade of Game DevelopmentI was reviewing my journals from 10 years ago, and...
Lost Futures of Miyamoto (The Ghost of Ys I)
A brief review of Ys I and VI2024 Aside: This was originally published in 2021. Some asides are included throughout.The other day, I played the Steam...
Deadgames and Alivegames
Here’s a prediction for 2030: The game industry will continue to experience a massive extinction of game design talent, via talent leaving for other...
Essay: The Traversable Image: Visual-Spatial Language in Videogames
Originally posted on MediumSubscribe now1. Visual DisasterClassics of Game 44A plainclothes police officer rockets through the air, firing a gun. A man uses...
Game Design: Even the Ocean’s Music: Part 1 — Organizational Forces
Originally posted on MediumSubscribe nowLike this essay? Follow me on Twitter for more!It’s kind of miraculous to be able to say that Even the Ocean has been...
